* "Middle Earth Festival" (Sep 1-2 2018) event report by Lyn Wilshire* "Oxonmoot: A first-timer's perspective" by Jennifer Brooker* "Sir Walter Scott and the One Ring" by Sebastián Alejandro Freigero* "Fantastic Friendship" by Dr. Dan Call (on Tolkien and Lewis)* "A Fall of Heavenly Iron" by Martin Beech (on the use of meteoric iron for making weaponry in Tolkien's works)* "Tolkien and The Archers" by Quickbeam (on the radio soap opera)* Book review of 'The Sweet and the Bitter', Death and Dying in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Amy Amendt-Raduege (review by Michael Cunningham) [he recommends the book as a good introduction to the topic]

A thicker than usual issue, and lots of good content this time around. Many more smial reports than usual, and some good deeper articles.